This Thursday, May 1, is a welcome day off from work for millions of people across the globe. While the Anglophone world (e.g. Canada or the US) has established Labor Day as a national holiday in autumn, many other countries, for instance in Europe or Latin America, celebrate the same occasion on a different date. […]
Filed under: International Workdays on April 30th, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever wondered what makes the members of our InterNations network “tick”, so to speak? Are you curious about what they do for a living, how long they’ve been staying abroad, and what their future plans are? Now’s your chance to find out! Over the last few months, our team has conducted a series […]
Filed under: InterNations News, InterNations Stories, Polls & Surveys on April 24th, 2014 | 6 Comments »
Saying farewell is hardly ever easy. Our guest blogger Ben shares in the following his thoughts on the temporality of expat life and on going home again… Hong Kong is such a transitory city. You have people from all over the world coming here to study, to work, or to live; but usually just temporarily. […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, Guest Author, Repatriation on April 16th, 2014 | 8 Comments »
On Sunday, March 30th, our two Lugano Ambassadors Maria-José Horstkamp and Alon Goldreich, along with their team of helpers, spread the InterNations spirit at the local Expat-Expo in the Ticino region of Switzerland. In Lugano’s Palazzo dei Congressi, they distributed flyers, enrolled quite a few new members, and created a lot of visibility for our […]
Filed under: InterNations Communities, InterNations Stories on April 11th, 2014 | No Comments »
Can some graphics with lots of arrows, squiggly lines, and a couple of captions save your international business meetings? One man thinks they can. Cross-Cultural Communication Charts Richard D. Lewis is an author and a consultant for cross-cultural communication. In his approach to doing business around the globe, he has attempted to summarize the conversational […]
Filed under: Intercultural Differences, International Workdays on April 10th, 2014 | 2 Comments »
“Let silence take you to the core of life.” This quote by the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi could serve as the unofficial motto for author Siobhan Wall and her series of unusual travel guides. She is an artist, photographer, writer, and curator in search of tranquility, even in the very midst of urban life. Motivated […]
Filed under: Adventures Abroad, InterNations Recommends on April 3rd, 2014 | No Comments »